Use in established aquariums to maintain efficient biological filtration

Add life to new setups for aquarium success! Drs. Foster and Smith Live Nitrifying Bacteria quickly establish biological filtration with LIVE nitrifying bacteria. Use Drs. Foster and Smith Live Nitrifying Bacteria to cycle new aquariums or to maintain efficient biological filtration in established aquariums. Made in the USA and competitively priced to extend your aquarium budget. 16 oz treats 960 gal. For use with fresh or saltwater aquariums.

Beneficial nitrifying bacteria are the foundation of healthy, thriving aquariums. Adding disease treatments, new fish or cleaning the filter bed can compromise efficient biological filtration, often indicated by a spike in ammonia or nitrite levels. Use Drs. Foster and Smith Live Nitrifying Bacteria to ensure a thriving bacterial population responsible for natural ammonia and nitrite control. Product cannot be overdosed.

Directions: Shake well before using. Note: Treat the aquarium water first with Drs. Foster and Smith Chlorine Neutralizer (#79364, 79365) to remove chlorine and chloramines from your tap water before adding Drs. Foster and Smith Live Nitrifying Bacteria.

Add 5 ml (1 teaspoon) per 10 gallons of water on the first day and again 7 days later. For best results turn off protein skimmer, UV sterilizers and ozonizers for 48 hours after adding Drs. Foster and Smith Live Nitrifying Bacteria. Also remove filter socks during aquarium set-up.

Product cannot be overdosed. Best to use immediately when setting-up your tank but can also be added at the first sign of ammonia or nitrite in newly set-up tanks, after disease treatments, when adding new fish or after cleaning the filter bed.

Bacterial additives establish a healthy population of beneficial bacteria that efficiently break down ammonia into nitrite and then to nitrate. The use of bacterial additives is most commonly associated with the initial set up of an aquarium.

Dr. Tim's One and Only is available for freshwater and for saltwater aquariums and is designed for one job - to quickly establish a biofilter in your newly set up aquarium so that your fish do not experience New Tank Syndrome (NTS).

Please Note: During periods of freezing temperatures or extreme heat, 1-day air service is highly recommended to preserve live, active bacteria.

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Drs. Foster and Smith Live Nitrifying Bacteria 16 oz
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GREAT FOR ANY AQUATIC ECO SYSTEM
This is a great product for any aquatic system from ponds to mini systems. The plant life and fish thrive in there habitat after this product is introduced into the system. The water quality just improves dramatically and fish are healthy along with the invertebrate reproduction such as ghost shrimp for natural food source. I would recommend this product for any aquatic hobbyist and a very reasonable price.
February 8, 2015

Excellent
This product worked like a charm on both my 55 gallon and my 40 gallon freshwater aquariums. I'd been struggling to get them both fully cycled. Within days after adding this product both are now fully cycled. I highly reccomend it.
July 31, 2014

Nitrifying Bacteria Works
I ordered nitrifying bacteria during the cold months when the weather forecast indicated no freezing temperatures for the next week. While the weather was still cold, the bottle of nitrifying bacteria arrived at around 61 degrees, so no special packing was needed. Once applied to my chlorine free water, the nitrifying bacteria went to work and multiplied as desired.
May 16, 2014

GREAT
This is a great product. My tap water has about .25 ppm of ammonia. Drs. Foster and Smith Live Nitrifying Bacteria helps keep my ammonia levels at 0 ppm. It's cheaper than the name brand and just as good. I wouldn't keep fish without it!
February 10, 2014

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I am trying this product to speed up the cycling of a new 200gal tank. I am curious as to whats in this product. Most living bacteria I have seen is packed in nitrogen and requires product to be refrigerated. There is no shelf life or special care instructions for this product. Is it live bacteria? if so How? and what is the care for it? I added almost 1/2 a cup to my tank. My amonia was very high before I put this product in. 2 day later my amonia has still not changed at all. Thanks in advance for your reply.

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hey scubadogI had the same issues starting up a 650. the phone rep at F&S answered all of the same questionsthe shelf life is One Year,I added a pint for 650 gals, think you need a bit morethe cycle time could be up to 8 weeks, keep your feed amounts low feed 'em sparingly for the nest 3=4 weekskeep testing the water daily.I'm also changing 10% water per day!

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Thank you for your question. At this time, we do not use a nitrogen fill in our bacteria products. Nitrogen fills are sometimes used with feeds to create an oxygen-free environment to slow the growth of the mold. Bacteria products do not require having constant refrigeration. When adding the Live Nitrifying Bacteria, it may take an extended period of time to show results, as the high ammonia has a negative effect of the bacteria slowing the cycling down. This product will cycle faster if added before ammonia gets too high.

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I have an established 125 gallon salt water tank.I get a lot of brown algae in my tank.I put in new high output lighting that seemed to help for about a month but the algae is still coming back even with water changes.If I add new bacteria will this help my tank from this algae.

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I had a similar problem in my new 240 gallon saltwater setup. The brown algae was blooming within a couple of hours of the lights coming on. When I checked it in the middle of the night the water was clear. Adding live nitrifying bacteria will probably not help reduce the brown algae. If your brown algae is in the water column you can eliminate it by adding a UV sterilizer to your system. Make sure that the unit you use is matched to the water flow of your pump and the UV bulb wattage. This has to be just right to target algae. At the wrong flow rate you can kill bacteria which you do not want. You can also target parasites. I went with the Coralife Turbo-Twist UV Sterilizer. My brown algae bloom was eliminated in one day. I hope this helps. p.s. Make sure that water used for water changes as well as any carbon, in the filtration system, are phosphate free. If not this could be part of your problem

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yes, you should be adding it now. it can take up to 6 weeks to fully cycle a newly setup tank properly, HOWEVER with drs foster and smith brand bacteria, you CAN add fish OK if you follow the 2 week dosing instructions they give. But its better to dose each week for 6 weeks to do it properly but like I said after the 2nd week of dosing you CAN add fish but ya start your dosing now.

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Thank you for your question. Please contact our Customer Service Department at 1-800-381-7179 or email Customerservice@DrsFosterSmith.com as more information is needed to better answer your question.tah

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